Preparing My Heart

Hey Guys!

First of all, Welcome to my blog. I am so excited that you are reading and following along with me while I take the journey of a lifetime to be on staff with YouthWorks this summer and serve the Lord.
YouthWorks has such a special place in my heart as it has played a large role in my spiritual growth.

This first post may seem all over the place as I have a lot of ground to cover with you guys.

For those of you who have asked, here are the specifics of my trip:
   Monday, May 20, 2013, I will be leaving Texas and heading to Denver for training. My flight leaves at 11 am and I am flying on United Airlines. Denver is training week, so things will be very crazy and my ability to communicate with everyone will be quite limited.

  After training week I will be heading to the West. I am unsure of what site currently as my position is Utility Staff. This means that depending on the need I could be permanently at one site or could be moving around. There are 6 sites that could be possible summer homes for me: San Diego, San Francisco, Washington, Lander Wyoming, Denver, and Navajo Arizona. When I find out my starting destination I will let you all know ASAP.

I am so excited for what God has in store for the summer. I am anxious to meet my team, serve the Lord, and glorify God's Kingdom. It s my intent to post on here weekly to keep everyone updated with progress, prayer requests, stories, and other information. However, this being my first summer on staff I am not sure what time I will have.

For now I have one major thing to ask of you. I need your prayer.

Pray For...

• My flight on Monday- That I may make it to training safely
• RAMP- RAMP is our training week. Please pray that everything runs smoothy and training week prepares us all for an incredible summer
• My team- Although I don't know them yet please be praying that their hearts and minds are preparing and that they get adequate rest and have energy to kick off the summer.
• My site- please pray for the site(s) I will be at and the community(s) we will be ministering to. Pray that their hearts are open and we can show them a Christ Like Love that captivates their attention.
• My heart/emotions- Please say a prayer that God comforts me as I take a step so far outside of my comfort zone and my frisco/norman bubble.

I appreciate yours thoughts and prayers more than you know and cannot wait to share everything with you when I return August 6.

Thanks for following me! (:

I love you all.

Kristen-

"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day   by day." ~2nd Corinthians 4:16